Food intake and food consumption patterns of hospital workers in the dominican republic

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-36

  Saito, Isao ^a   Ozawa, Hideki ^a   Castro Bello, Mercedes ^b   Moriwaki, Chinatsu ^c   Ito, Morio ^a   Aono, Hiroshi ^a   Ikebe, Toshiko ^a   Miyata, Akira ^a   Itoga, Takashi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Center of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

^c BEPPU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

24 hour recall method; Coronary heart disease; Nutrition; Percentage of energy from total fat; The Dominican Republic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031833878     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931236     Document Type: Article

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